MW4D Tools: Data collection tools

Synopsis

This document is a child page of the page on Tools for MW4D Services. The aim with this document is to test the methodology developed to evaluate and sort tools on a specific family of tools: Data Collection tools. This page will also serve a reference directory for such tools.

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Existing Tools

Description, from AndWellness: An Open Mobile System for Activity and Experience Sampling paper: AndWellness, a personal data collection system, uses mobile phones to collect and analyze data from both active, triggered user experience samples and passive logging of onboard environmental sensors. The system includes an application that runs on Android based mobile phones, server software that manages deployments and acts as a central repository for data, and a dashboard front end for both participants and researchers to visualize incoming data in real-time.

Description: online survey maker, and downloadable mobile clients (J2ME, Android, PalmOS, Blackberry, Win). Free for simple use. Pay for support, large deployments, customisation. Also announced support for SMS in April 2011

OpenMRS is an application which enables design of a customized medical records system with no programming knowledge (although medical and systems analysis knowledge is required). It is a common framework upon which medical informatics efforts in developing countries can be builtAt this stage, OpenMRS requires a fairly sophisticated team of implementers to install and run. Such teams in several countries are in the process or considering implementations at this time. We are working toward a pre-built implementation that would allow more clinic sites to take advantage of a sophisticated, scalable EMR without needing the expertise to support and maintain it at a low level

From: OpenMRS is amulti-institution, non-profit collaborative led by Regenstrief Institute, a world-renowned leader in medical informatics research, and Partners In Health, a Boston-based philanthropic organization

Description:

Web server in Java, that allows management as well as data entry (registered users). Includes mobile Web version.